Most likely they will charge you an additional digital outlet fee, ~$8.00 in my case, if you keep their cable box, or take the cable box, whichever you prefer.
Will Comcast take cable box?
Long story short, for a new HDTV I've decided to purchase and use a Tivo Premiere and, with a split cable and plugged into another input, keep the cable box i use currently so I can still access Xfinity On-Demand. This may be a stupid question, but when the Comcast technician comes to install the Mcard for the Tivo, are they going to insist that I return the cable box that is currently connected? If they do that I can't access On Demand, something I use rather frequently.
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But you should be getting a customer-owned equipment discount for the TiVo, so that ends up reducing the impact of the additional outlet fee.
Is your cable box HD capable?
Is your cable box HD capable?
Has anyone actually gotten the customer-owned equipment discount? I brought my comcast DVR in yesterday to return it and first they had no clue about the discount. Now they say that I "have" to keep the dvr to get the bundle but they are attempting to add the discount. I hope to get the $2.50 and to remove one of the additional digital outlet fees of $6.00. I am on my way there after work to see where it stands.
I get $2.95 rebate per TiVo. Since they charge me $1.50 for the second TiVo the results are very favorable.
No, the current cable box is just SD, which is fine since I'll only be using it for VOD. When I ordered the Mcard installation through Comcast, they asked if I'd be returning the cable box. I said "no" and they didn't mention anything, in fact the next thing they told me was how the first two cablecards are free of charge. I was trying to keep the extra cable box (so I can split the cable and connect it to another input for VOD) on the down-low so the install technician doesn't notice it. Am I paranoid?
It shouldn't be a problem (other than the routine Comcast charges), if the tech wants to take the box, tell him that you want to use it for OnDemand programming -- as that is a revenue source they would be foolish to take it.No, the current cable box is just SD, which is fine since I'll only be using it for VOD. When I ordered the Mcard installation through Comcast, they asked if I'd be returning the cable box. I said "no" and they didn't mention anything, in fact the next thing they told me was how the first two cablecards are free of charge. I was trying to keep the extra cable box (so I can split the cable and connect it to another input for VOD) on the down-low so the install technician doesn't notice it. Am I paranoid?
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